Travels in New Zealand: With a Map of the CountryCapper Press, 1973 - 174 pages Majoribanks, a Scottish writer, arrived in New Zealand in 1840. He describes the Boyd and Wairau massacres, and Maori cannibalism. |
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Page 66
... situated on the river Wanganui , about four miles from its embouchure in Cook's Straits . The river there is about 1000 feet in width , with an average depth of two fathoms at low water ; but as it is a bar harbour , no vessel drawing ...
... situated on the river Wanganui , about four miles from its embouchure in Cook's Straits . The river there is about 1000 feet in width , with an average depth of two fathoms at low water ; but as it is a bar harbour , no vessel drawing ...
Page 81
... situated in Tasman's Gulf , there is enough on the surface for the supply of all the set- tlements for many years to come ; and there is no occasion for steam engines or mining , as in Eng- land , as it is procured by merely excavating ...
... situated in Tasman's Gulf , there is enough on the surface for the supply of all the set- tlements for many years to come ; and there is no occasion for steam engines or mining , as in Eng- land , as it is procured by merely excavating ...
Page 166
... situated in the district of Waitangi , at the Bay of Islands ; bounded on the east by a mangrove swamp ; on the south - east by the river Hutia and the middle of a swamp , in a direct line to the river Waitangi , above the fall ; on the ...
... situated in the district of Waitangi , at the Bay of Islands ; bounded on the east by a mangrove swamp ; on the south - east by the river Hutia and the middle of a swamp , in a direct line to the river Waitangi , above the fall ; on the ...
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CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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